Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-17
A BOILING WELL.
GREAT yxcYrsMRsr IN EpaxcoMBE
COUNTY, NoRrH cARoLISA.
A sunday-Hight Murder In wilmipgton-
Governor Scales The Governorship-
Fraud vneartked-0ther Items.
Especial telegram to the Dispatch,

rs much excitement In part OF Edge
combe county over boiling well. 1t is
twenty-five feet deep, and for ten days
has boiled so loudly that the noise can
he heard ct least a hundred yards.
The water can DO seen rising and fall
ing. l. is clear and cool. The tempera-
ture has not riscu at all. 1t is on a
farm Of Samuel Speight.
WILMINGTON MURDER.
Sunday night, in tho suburbs OF VIII
mington, Moses Garrett was walking
IN the street, accompanied by his bro
ther and a woman, when Anthony Me-
Cormick deliberately walked up TO
Garrett and shot him in the stomach.
Garrett died yesterday. Mccormick is
ut large. The coronsrs jury found that
McCormisk had committed murder.
Governor Scales will be al New Gar
den tomorrow, and will deliver an ad-
dress at the semi.centennial OF the
Friends school there. The other
speakers will I've eI-Judge J. W. Albert
SOD, of Elizabeth City, and DIR. Nerens
Mcndenhall, OF Guilford.
Some delegates have gone TO the Cot
ton Convention at Atlanta, which be-
gan its session to-day. There was
trouble about railway tickets, and
many of the. delegates who came
here on their way to Atlanta declined
to 60. Some left to-day.
THE TEACHERS ASSEMBLY.
Mr.. Eugene c. Harrell, secretary OF
tho North Carolina Teachers Assembly,
went to Morehead City to-day on bust
ness connected with that great organi
cation. He informed me that pub
lic-spirited citizen of the State had
under ADJUSTMENT the project OF build
ing a very large and specially arranged
hall for the use of the assembly, the
hall 10 he at Moreheas. IL is the be-
lief that the hall will be built in the
next few months, so as to be ready for
use next season, il being well under
stood that Morehesd City will again be
the meeting place OF the assembly.
THE GOvKBSORsHIP.
There is little more talk now about
Democrats who arc available for the
Governors position. Judge Gilmer is
looming up as quite fayorite. Cen
tlemen from the east express themselves
as iayoring him, and some papers say
he is the man for the position. Ii is a
long while in advance, but it may
nevertheless. be stated now that the COM
ing campaign will be lively enough to
satisfy the mort enthusiastic politician.
Cards were received yesterday to the
ninety. fourth anniversary celebration
of the Fayetteville Independent Light
Infantry at Fayetteville on the Odd in
slant The following compose the
Committee of Arrangements Major
w. +. Campbell. Captain J. G. Haske,
McssIs. G. l.. Campbell, Il. j.. Pom
berton, j. II. Robinson, and S. II.
Strange. This company is making
preparations TO accompany Governor
Scales TO Philadelphia as his personal
escort.
RAILROAD MATTERS.
The work OF putting the Murphy
branch of tho Western North Carolina
railroad in repair, after the recent wash
outs, is srduous. Many men are en-
ployed, and they are working hard.
A large gang Of convicts is under
Captain Troy's direction, and is near
Jarratt's, which is about the centre OF
the damage, it is said.
Rev. Dr. l.. Branson, the secretary
of the Local Preachers Conference,
which begins its annual session at
Rutherford College day after to-mor-
row, saws that the attendance wilt be
unusually large. 1t is the twenty
eighth annual session, and continues
until the seth instant. a feature OF
the meeting will he = series of lectures
by Rev DR.. II. l.. Alternately on the
course of study.
Though notice wss in effect given OF
a desire by Memphis capitalists to
raise Mr.. Julian $. Carr's bid for the
Atlantic Hotel, at Morehead City. yet
there is 10 other bid so Mr.. Carr and
his associates get the property. They
intend to make it competitor OF Old
Point, and will cater to patronage from
all The States south and west of this.
No resort has so many natural attrac-
lions.
bogus NK-ORGANIZER.
II turns ont that j. $. Danford, n
western swindler, whose specially is
the organization of banks, was at the
bottom of the creation of the banks at
Webster, Franklin, and Waynesville,
in this State, and that he has fled upon
his identity being discovered. 1t is
rather strongly limited that he has VIC
timized n number of people at those
towns. The banks will hardly be es-
tablished now. Al Webster building
specially for bank was in course of
construction, but work has been
stopped and the order for safe re-
voked.
BKIEr ITEMS.
r.: w. Siler, presiding Judge of the
Inferior Court OF Swain county, died at
Charleston, in that county, few days
ago of consumption.
The Chronicle, published at Lenoir,
Caldwell county, is to be published
hereafter at Wilkesboro'. With the adj
vent of the railway the latter place bids
fair TO become important and to cast
aside its old dulness as county-seat.
The Richmond and Danville will no
doubt find that its construction of a
line 10 Wilkesboro' will be profitable.
Messrs. II. s. Blair and II. A. Deal will
edit the paper.